OF THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB 131 
BREWER AND BREEDER 
47. A real contributor to the science of livestock husbandry 
was CAPT. FREDERICK Pagpst of Milwaukee, Wis., prominent 
brewer and head of the Pabst Brewing Co. Capt. PaBsT was one 
of the first men in the west to utilize brewers’ grains as the major 
portion of the ration fed to the several hundred steers annually 
fattened on his farm, and thus became a pioneer in an industry 
which has reached rather large proportions in brewing centers. 
Having effectively demonstrated the value of these byproduct 
grains for beef production, he built up a herd of purebred 
Jerseys, and demonstrated its value to produce milk. 
Capt. PaBst was born March 28, 1836, at Nicolausreith in the 
Thueringen Forest of Germany. When but twelve years of age 
his family emigrated to America, coming first to Milwaukee, but 
settling shortly afterwards in Chicago. Here financial reverses 
to his father and the death of his mother (1849) forced him to 
earn his own living. His first position was that of bellboy in a 
hotel, on a salary of $5.00 per month and board. Here he worked 
for.three years, and then became a cabin boy on the Goodrich 
line on the Great Lakes. His services were so faithful and his 
progress so energetic that at the age of twenty-one years he 
became captain of the steamer Sunbeam. 
In 1862 Capt. Passt married Miss Marte Best, daughter of 
Purr Best of Milwaukee, and shortly thereafter renounced his 
sailor’s life to invest all his savings in the brewery of his father- 
in-law, in which place he took up active work. Three years 
later the firm was christened Puitip Best & Co., and Capt. 
Parst became both leader and manager. In 1873, when incor- 
poration occurred, the yearly production totalled 100,000 barrels 
of beer. 
Capt. Passt was an incessant laborer. In 1888 his partner, 
Emi, SCHANDEIN, died, leaving the entire management of the 
gigantic institution upon Capt. Passt’s shoulders. So broad 
